Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gabriel Mann

All I had, originally, were pages of Nolan's dialogue. I think his character serves the story in a nice way. He's a Greek chorus for the goings-on in the Hamptons.

Big Sean

I usually sing a lot on my mixtapes. I sing a lot on songs that just really aren't singles. Even my first single, 'My Last,' which I feel like is more pop than anything - I was originally singing the chorus on there. I'm used to that. I've always had fresh melodies.

Roshon Fegan

Usually, my rhymes are just in my head. I start off with a theme, and once I start rapping and writing and singing, the chorus and all that, it just starts flowing. Then it's done in about an hour! I write a lot of songs.

Ross Mathews

I realized I was gay in the shower one day with Barbra Streisand. It happened while I was lathering, rinsing, and repeating with Pert Plus. As I was belting out the chorus to my favorite song from 'Funny Girl,' 'Oh my man, I love him so, he'll never know...' it hit me.

David Stahl

Whether a Stephen Foster medley for the CSO Chorus or a big-band medley of hit tunes over the past 50 years, Earl is fantastic.

Alex Ebert

Popular music usually has a chorus that needs to repeat, and people need to remember the song. That's sort of the major guideline when you're writing a song.

Annie Ross

Jack Hylton said: 'I want you, I want you, but I can't offer you the part it's for a 35-year-old woman'. So, he said: 'I tell you what, I'll make you the understudy and you'll be in the chorus. And I said: 'But I can't dance!' He replied: 'Good, we'll put you on the end of the line and make you the funny chorus girl who always messes things up!'

Mary Lambert

I wrote the chorus specifically for 'Same Love' as a narration of my story. I decided to release 'She Keeps Me Warm' as an extension of the chorus because I felt like there was more that needed to be said.

Eric Whitacre

People in chorus tends to be much more emotional or at least wear their hearts on their sleeve. They are generally the kind to hold hands and cry. It's just a different personality type.

Jerome Kern

I write music to both the situations and the lyrics in plays.

Natalie Cole

I think people just want to be popular. So they're going to write lyrics that are going to get your attention. You know, sometimes, they're a little graphic, and I don't think that's so necessary.

King Tuff

I find it harder to write the lyrics afterwards because then you're just trying to fit them into something that's already there.

Victoria Beckham

We've still got the melodies, we've still got the nice 'strong girl' lyrics going on.

Emmylou Harris

I have to have a guitar sitting around. I sing in the shower. I sing around the house. The music comes secondary. The lyrics come first.

Brendon Urie

When you have four people writing lyrics instead of one person, the lyrics are going to be a little more broad.

Bill Callahan

I will concentrate on playing guitar, on lyrics and on singing. I am a part of things; I am not the encompassing 'Smog.'

Yegor Letov

Wrong emphasis, wrong phrases. I was trying to make the lyrics more difficult, so they can work on a subconscious level.

Dave Gahan

To go on the road and see people sing my own lyrics back to me is just fantastic.